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This group is for educators of all levels, whether or not they use wargames in the classroom. You could be a college professor, a high school teacher, or an aid in a grade school, and this group would be for you.

Graduation!

When I started teaching at APUS, I found out that I could take courses there for free. So, naturally as I'm a wargamer, I signed up for the Master of Arts program in Military History, concentrating on World War II. I finished my last course, an elective on command and leadership in the Revolutionary War, and took my comprehensive exam at the end of June. I ended up passing "with distinction."

Now, I've passed all the audits and reviews, and I'm scheduled to receive my degree, effective August 15. Unfortunately I won't receive the paper diploma though for up to another couple of months.

That is the culmination of six years of work, taking one class at a time, while working two jobs and doing a lot of freelance writing, game design and development, and publishing Line of Departure. It will all be officially over in less than a month.

Here is an extra credit quiz that I offer in my Major Issues of Modern US History class at La Roche. I don't announce it, and give it in the first five minutes of class. If you're not there when it…Continue

This group has been pretty quiet for a while. Maybe this is a good time to talk about something that has been nagging at me the last couple of weeks.How many of you give extra credit assignments? …Continue

We just had Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah. Did anyone introduce any special lessons to commemorate it, or otherwise give special attention to the Holocaust this week? I'm also asking on…Continue

Awesome, I'll check those out in detail (playthepast.org doesn't seem to be working right now). I'm developing a unit at the moment to explore historical re-enactment and historical simulations (ie: board and computer games).

Right now, I'm teaching a Roman history class online for La Roche College in Pittsburgh. I'm giving an extra credit assignment for the end of the class, in which students can write an after action report on the Roman-themed wargame, board or computer, of their choice.

I took a graduate military history class at APUS last year, on World War II in Europe. That class had several required assignments, not extra credit, calling for AAR's of Combat Mission scenarios. I picked Combat Mission: Normandy.